German Low German

Noun

Stank m (plural has not been set)

1. stink; stench; smell

Synonyms

• Gestank

English

Verb

stank

1. simple past tense of stink

Adjective

stank ‎(not comparable)

1. (African American Vernacular, slang, derogatory) Foul-smelling, stinking, unclean.
   • 2002, Tasha C. Miller, Assout: Incoherent Thoughts and Poems of an Unemployed Black Girl (page 11)

     Fishy, pussy funky elevator / Pissy, broke ass project elevator / Old baby piss, stank ass horse, cat piss smelling funky hot ass elevator / I'm not climbing no 17 flights […]

   • 2003, Tariq Nasheed, Play or be played (page 124)

     This is why most top-notch women can't stand stank hoes. Classy women have more contempt for these women than men do.

   • 2010, R. Scott, Nine Months and a Year Later... (page 31)

     He wants my love; he wants the love from here and just what's between your stank-ass legs.

Etymology 2

Old French estanc, (French étang), from Latin stagnum ‎(“a pool”). Compare stagnant, stagnate.

Noun

stank ‎(plural stanks)

1. (Britain, dialect) Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water.

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2. (Britain, dialect) A dam or mound to stop water.

Derived terms

• stank hen, stankie

Etymology 3

Old French estanc, or Italian stanco. See stanch (adjective).

Adjective

stank ‎(comparative more stank, superlative most stank)

1. (obsolete) weak; worn out

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Etymology 4

Compare Swedish word, meaning "to pant".

Verb

stank ‎(third-person singular simple present stanks, present participle stanking, simple past and past participle stanked)

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To sigh.

Anagrams

• tanks

Breton

Etymology

Borrowing from Old French estanc.

Noun

stank m

1. pond

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsd̥ɑŋˀɡ̊]

Noun

stank c (singular definite stanken, plural indefinite stanke)

1. stench

Declension

Verb

stank

1. past tense of stinke

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑŋk

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stanc, from Old Dutch stank, from Proto-Germanic *stankwaz.

Noun

stank m ‎(plural stanken, diminutive stankje n)

1. stench

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aŋk

Verb

stank

1. First-person singular preterite of stinken.
2. Third-person singular preterite of stinken.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Low German stank

Noun

stank m ‎(definite singular stanken, indefinite plural stanker, definite plural stankene)

1. stench, stink

References

• “stank” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Low German stank

Noun

stank m ‎(definite singular stanken, indefinite plural stankar, definite plural stankane)

1. stench, stink

References

• “stank” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stankwaz, whence also Old English stenċ.

Noun

stank m

1. smell

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

stank c

1. stink, stench (a bad smell)
   • 1938, Ludvig Nordström, Lort-Sverige

     Denna stank hade nämligen samma underliga egenskap som liklukt att så att säga smyga sig fram och liksom långsamt, gradvis underminera luften.

     "This stench had the same strange quality as the smell of corpses, that is so to say sneaked up on you and kind of slowly, gradually undermine the air."

Declension

Verb

stank

1. past tense of stinka.